Ciaran, You can acheive all three aims using a few marketing tricks:
1. On old PC in a new black box is indistinguishable from a black box. 2. A new black box _IS_ custom hardware therefore: 3. Your low spec PC in a black box _Is_ a black box, more specifically, it's "Custom hardware based on PC technology". 4. Everyone is happy. Woody > --__--__-- > > Message: 14 > Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2001 12:40:47 +1100 (EST) > From: Howard Lowndes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Ciaran Finnegan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [SLUG] Linux (or other) Dial-up Router > > Are you going to be dialling in or are they going to be dialling out, or > both. Anyway you look at it, I would have to say that a Linux box > _WITH_WELL_DESIGNED_FIREWALLING_ has to be the way to go. At least you > know what it is doing; with many "black boxes" you don't have a clue what > does, or does not go on. > > On Mon, 3 Dec 2001, Ciaran Finnegan wrote: > > > I�m looking for a �dial-up router� to put on customer networks for > > support purposes. > > > > I�m in two minds as to whether I�d prefer a low spec. PC or some sort of > > �black box� for a number of reasons. > > > > 1/ Black Box, is liable to be more reliable than a PC. > > 2/ Network Managers seem to get less excited when you put a > > hardware device on their networks than they do if you suggest using an > > old 486. > > 3/ Low Spec. PC would be cheaper and probably more versatile. > > > > Has anyone come across anything like this, I�m particularly interested > > in linux distro�s that would be suitable for running on low spec. PC�s. > > > > Oh, and it has to be cheap as well. > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > Howard. > LANNet Computing Associates - Your Linux people > Contact detail at http://www.lannetlinux.com > "We are either doing something, or we are not. > 'Talking about' is a subset of 'not'." > > > > > --__--__-- > > -- > SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List Digest - http://slug.org.au/ > More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug > > > End of slug Digest -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
